I randomly happened upon your post and am so glad I did. I have yet to delete my Facebook because thus far I've failed horribly at trying to bring people over to this platform, so I've kept it as a last-resort form of contact. Not that I've given up on bringing people to Steemit; but I guess I've been giving it "time".

I honestly hate that I still have it, however. I don't use it, rarely if ever; but your post reminded me that I need to really try harder to get my real life friends off that shit, and over here. So for that, thank you for your call to action!

On another note, I'm sincerely sorry to hear about your friend. That certainly is a very strange way to learn about his death. My deepest condolences.